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   Subject: Re: Old computer - What version of Ubuntu should I use?   
   From: Kurt    
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   "Mike Easter"  wrote in   
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   > ray wrote:   
   >> Chris wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I was given an old computer and have built it into our settee,   
   >>> with a fifteen-inch TFT monitor on a swinging arm - so that you   
   >>> can sit on the settee and swing the monitor in front of you.   
   >>> (I realise this is madness - but it is rather fun!)   
   >>>   
   >>> It runs XP very well - but I'm wondering whether it would take   
   >>> Ubuntu.   
   >>>   
   >>> Pentium II  400MHz  20GB HDD  384 RAM   
   >>> Wireless usb dongle Netgear WPN111   
   >>   
   >> It would "take Ubuntu". It would not run it in a manner you would   
   >> appreciate. You would be much better off, IMHO, looking at   
   >> Xubuntu (ubuntu with XFCE) or even better, Elive.   
   >    
   > I didn't realize ub's Gnome configuration should be considered   
   > less efficient than Win XP.   
   >    
   > What is the basis for that opinion?   
   >    
   >>> It runs XP very well   
   >    
      
   The amout of resources that Gnome DTE takes versus Xfce is significant.    
   I have a PII-450 box with 384 megs of ram that runs much more    
   responsively with xfce. You can also install Ubuntu and then install    
   the Enlightenment windows manager to use instead of Gnome or xfce.   
      
   Having said that, eLive is quite good by itself.   
      
   --    
   Cheers,   
   Kurt     
       
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